In 1625, Charles I acceded to the English throne upon the death of James I.

In 1836, the first Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio.

In 1933, Japan officially withdrew from the League of Nations.

In 1964, Alaska was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunamis that killed about 130 people.

In 1973, "The Godfather" won the Academy Award for best picture of 1972, but its star, Marlon Brando, refused to accept his Oscar for best actor. Liza Minnelli won best actress for "Cabaret."

In 1980, 123 workers died when a North Sea floating oil field platform, the Alexander Kielland, capsized during a storm.

Ten years ago: Serbian police killed two major suspects in the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.

Five years ago: The Pentagon said Defense Secretary Robert Gates had ordered a full inventory of all nuclear weapons and related materials after the mistaken delivery of ballistic missile fuses to Taiwan.

One year ago: A JetBlue Airways captain ran through the cabin of a New York-to-Las Vegas flight yelling about religion and terrorists before he was locked out of the cockpit, then tackled and restrained by passengers. (Clayton Osbon was charged with interference with a flight crew; he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.)